XFree86 libXaw.so.6.1 and Xaw3d or xaw95
>
> Hi.
>
> I installed the xaw95 package two weeks ago, and it didn't worked. I
> finally understood why. In fact, the current installation works fine when
> you have XFree86 3.1.2, but it doesn't work anymore when you have a beta
> version.
>
> To make the X Athena Widgets 95 work, libXaw.so.6.1 mustn't be used. For
> the moment, the only means I found is this one : I rename this file to
> oldlibXaw.so.6.1 otherwise ldconfig creates a symbolic link to this file,
> but it isn't very clean. But I don't know another way to do it...
>
> So, I propose a little patch for this package.
>
> PS : I hope that's the first time you receive this message, because I
> just managed to subscribe to the mailing-list, so I don't know if my first
> post worked, but I resent it because I didn't see it in the archive.
>
The patch you sent is not very good. There is a reason why the new
libraries have a different minor number. The new (i.e. 3.1.2[FG] or 3.2)
library includes fixes of Xaw from the X11R6.1 release of X.
The fix for both xaw3d and xaw95 should be to include these
fixes/improvements, not just to push the library number.
As XFree86 3.2 (Non-Beta!!) is due end of October, this problem is going to
happen more often than at this time. Hopefully we get the new XFree86
release on the 1.2 train, so the libraries should be fixed soon.
Helmut
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